Sheilas [electronic resource] : Badass Women of Australian History
Eliza Reilly2022
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An entertaining romp through Australian history that celebrates the badass
sheroes we were never taught about in school and who deserve to be printed on
our money, goddamn it!
It's been said that 'well-behaved women seldom make history', but the handful of
white boys who wrote our history books conveniently left most of them out.
Whoops! To rectify this situation, Eliza Reilly is setting out to revive the
forgotten stories of the badass Sheilas of Australian history.
Chain yourself to pub counters with the determined Merle Thornton, fight for
Indigenous rights alongside Faith Bandler, and lure forlorn sailors with
swimmer-slash-mermaid Annette Kellerman. Deceive cranky soldiers with bushranger
Mary Ann Bugg, infiltrate Nazi strongholds on the back of Nancy Wake's bike -
and much, much more.
Cracking with satirical wit and whole-hearted admiration, Sheilas is a cheeky,
funny, inspirational celebration of the tough-titted ladies who hiked up their
petticoats and fly-k...
Eliza Reilly, Author
Australia : Macmillan Australia, 2022
1 online resource (1 text file)
General/trade
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
9781760989095
English
434225
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